Drones Will Be Admitted to Standard US Airspace By 2015 | Popular Science

Drones Will Be Admitted to Standard US Airspace By 2015 | Popular Science: Drones Will Be Admitted to Standard US Airspace By 2015
By Rebecca Boyle Posted 02.07.2012 at 2:02 pm 9 Comments

Air Traffic Control The FAA's NextGen update is finally being funded. The overhaul of the nation's airspace system will include different landings for passenger planes and room for drones in human-piloted airspace. FAA

The skies are going to look very different pretty soon, and it’s been a long time coming. Congress finally passed a spending bill for the Federal Aviation Administration, allocating $63.4 billion for modernizing the country’s air traffic control systems and expanding airspace for unmanned planes within three and a half years.